Container



Patented Aug. 19, 1941 conraman Stig Henrik Cronstriim, Goteborg, Sweden. as-

slgnor to Hasselblads Fotograflska Aktiebolag, Goteborg, Sweden, a corporation of Sweden Application December as, 1938, Serial No. 248,106 1 In Sweden December 31, 1937 6 Claims.

The present invention relates to containers comprising a number of compartments arranged in sequence and adapted to contain measured quantities of one or several materials.

One object of the invention is to produce a container or package adapted for the transportation or storage of measured ,quantities of materials, which are to be used later on in a certain sequence. For instance, in the preparation of certain solutions for photographic purposes predetermined quantities of a number of different chemicals are often used, which are to be contained in the solution in certain proportions, and which at the preparation of the solution are to be mixed or added in a certain sequence. All the trouble of weighing the ingredients of the solution at the preparation thereof may be dispensed with, if the different materials are available in containers or packages according to the invention, which also ensures that the chemicals are mixed in correct sequence. A further object of the invention is to provide a container or package, in which the different compartments may be easily emptied and in which the contents of the compartments are not liable to remain, when they are poured from said compartments.

For these and other purposes a container according to the invention is provided with a number of compartments arranged in sequence, two walls in each one of said compartments inclined relatively to one another, an opening in each compartment partly confined by said inclined walls of the compartment, and a removable wall covering said openings. Further objects and features of the invention are disclosed in the following specification and claims and in the drawing, in which two embodiments of containers according to the invention are illustrated by way of example. 7

Fig. l is a perspective view of a container according to the invention, in which the removable wall is partly removed, and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a further embodiment of a container according to the invention.

The partly opened container illustrated in Fig. 1 is made by card board in the shape of an equilateral prismatic body with trapezoid cross section. The container is divided by partitions l, 2, 3 and l in five compartments 5, 6, I, 8 and 9 adapted for receiving and storing certain quantities of one or different materials. All the'compartments are originally open along the small side of the prismatic body, and the container is completely closed, when the quantities of material have been filled in the compartments, which are arranged in sequence. The compartments are closed by means of a strip Ill of paper, Cellophane or other suitable material, Fig. .1, which may be secured by means of a suitable adhesive. The ends of the strip to are folded down and secured by adhesive at the end walls of the container so that only the end flap or tab H of the strip i0 is free and may be gripped for removing the strip, when it is desired to open the container. The upper edges I2 of the partitions I, 2, 3 and 4 may preferably be curved, as illustrated in Fig. 1, in order to provide a more effective engagement and a good seal between the strip Ill and the upper edges l2 of the partitions. By choosing a suitable angle of inclination between the side edges I3 and II of the trapezoid cross section of the container the material I5 is caused to flow easily out of the different compartments, when the container is turned upside down with the openings of the compartments directed downwards and the strip Ill removed to a suitable extent. No residues of material are then left in the opened compartments. When the compartments of the container with the trapezoid cross section are filled with granulous or powdery material, heaps are formed, which practically fill the whole compartments without having to be spread in a special operation.

The container illustrated in Fig. 2 comprises a closed prismatic body, for instance of thin sheet metal, which is divided by partitions IE, IT, IS and I9 in five compartments arranged in sequence. The side wall 20 of the prismatic body illustrated in Fig. 2 is provided with two breakage indication lines 2| and 22 and the strip 23 confined by these lines is elongated at one end of the prismatic body to form a flap or tab 24, which may carry a key 25 of the type used in tin cans and the like secured or adapted to be secured to the flap or tab. Upon turning of the key 25 the strip 23 is loosened and successively removed so that the different compartments of the package are opened one after the other for emptying the material. The filling of the different chambers of the container may be made before rolling or soldering, for instance, the wall 26 onto the prismatic body.

The embodiments of the invention above described and illustrated in the drawing should only be considered as examples and the invention may naturally be modified in several different ways within the scope of the claims. The containers or packages may, for instance, be made by card board, paper, sheet metal or other suitable sheet material and the number of compartments provided in the container may naturally vary according to prevailing conditions. The different compartments may, it necessary, be hermetically sealed, which in the case of card board containers may be produced by treating the walls and joints with paraffln or similar material, and in the case or metal containers by soldering the partitions and walls or in any other suitable way. The material contained in the containers may be solid or liquid material. Other means for opening the containers than those illustrated in the drawing may be used and the illustrated opening means may be used alternately in the illustrated embodiments and other embodiments of containers according to the invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a container comprising a number of compartments arranged in sequence and adapted to contain measured quantities or one or several materials, two opposed walls in each one of said compartments inclined relatively to one another, and a removable wall strip connecting adjacent edges of said opposed walls and extending in sequence along said compartments and adapted upon removal to uncover in sequence openings in the compartments partly confined by said adjacent edges of said opposed walls.

2. In a container comprising a number of compartments arranged in sequence and adapted to contain measured quantities of one or several materials, two opposed side walls in said container forming opposed walls in each one or said compartments and being inclined relatively to one another, and a removable wall strip connecting adjacent edges of said opposed side walls and extending in sequence along said compartments and adapted upon removal to uncover in sequence openings in the compartments partly confined by saidadjacent edges of said opposed side walls.

3. In a container comprising a number of compartments arranged in sequence and adapted to contain measured quantities of one or several materials, two opposed walls in each one of said compartments inclined relatively to one another, a removable strip connecting adjacent edges of said opposed walls and secured to said walls by means of adhesive and extending in sequence along said compartments and adapted upon removal to uncover in sequence openings partly confined by said adjacent edges of said opposed walls, and a gripping flap or tab at one end of said strip.

4. In a container comprising a number of compartments arranged in sequence and adapted to contain measured quantities of one or several materials, two opposed walls in each one of said compartments inclined relatively to one another, a removable strip formed by the material bf said opposed walls and connected to adjacent edges of said opposed walls along breakage indication lines in said wall material and confined longitudinally by said breakage indication lines and extending in sequence along said compartments and adapted upon removal to uncover in sequence openings partly confined by said adjacent edges of said opposed walls, and a gripping fiap or tab at one end of said strip.

5. In a prismatic container of trapezoid cross section, a number of compartments arranged in sequence along the axis of said prismatic container and adapted to contain measured quantities of one or several materials, transverse partitions separating said compartments, two opposed side walls in said container forming opposed walls in each one of said compartments and being inclined relatively to one another, and a removable wall forming the small side of the trapezoid cross section and connecting adjacent edges of said opposed walls and extending in sequence along said compartments and adapted upon removal to uncover in sequence openings in the compartments partly confined by said adjacent edges of said opposed walls.

6. In a prismatic container, a number of compartments arranged in sequence along the axis of said prismatic container and adapted to contain measured quantities of one or several materials, transverse partitions separating said compartments, a breakage indication line in the wall material of the container extending along one longitudinal edge of said prismatic container, a second longitudinal breakage indication line in the material or the container extending along a side wall or the container adjacent said edge, and a removable strip of wall material confined by said breakage indication lines and extending in sequence along said compartments and adapted upon removal to uncover in sequence openings in the compartments partly confined by the material at said breakage indication lines of two opposed walls of the container inclined towards each other.

S'I'IG I-IENRIK CRONS'I'Rb M. 

